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After you become confident with plotting, you may want to select this
check box so that AutoCAD does save your plotting settings changes as the default.
Alternatively, click the Apply to Layout button to make the current plot settings the
default for future plotting of this tab (that is, the Model tab) in this drawing.
The icon (the letter A on a sheet) in the lower-right corner may help you decide on
the right orientation. If not, the full preview in the next step will tell you for sure.
14. Click the Preview button and check to make sure the drawing appears on the
paper at the correct orientation and size, as shown in Figure 16-4; then right-click
and choose Close Preview Window to return to the Plot dialog box.
Figure 16-4: A preview of coming plot-tractions.
15. If you found any problems in the preview, adjust the plot settings (for example,
Plot Area, Plot Scale, or Drawing Orientation) and repeat the preview until the plot
looks right.
16. Click OK to create the plot.
When AutoCAD finishes generating and sending the plot, it displays a Plot and Pub-
lish Job Complete balloon notification from the status bar. If you decide that you
don't want to see these notifications, right-click the Plot/Publish Details Report
Available icon near the right end of the status bar and deselect Enable Balloon Noti-
fication.
There — 16 steps, as promised. If (for some reason) your plot didn't work, well, I warned
you that AutoCAD plotting was complicated and temperamental! Read the rest of this
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